Seat for outdoor use.



No. 672,980. Patented Apr. 30,- I901. J. n. HUNTER. I

SEAT FOB OUTDOOR USEQ (Application filed Dec. 24, 1900.) .(Nb Nodal.)

WlTNESSESv INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HAMILTON HUNTER, OF DUBLIN, IRELAND.

SEAT FOR OUTDOOR USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 672,980, dated April30, 1901.

Application filed December 24, 1900. Serial No. 40,998. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HAMILTON HUN- TER, merchant, a subject of theQueen of Great Britain, residing at Brooklawn, Blaokrock, county ofDublin, Ireland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seats forOutdoor Use, of which the following is a full and completespecification.

This invention relatesto improvements in seats for omnibuses, tram-cars,steamers, theaters, gardens, and outdoor use generally; and it consistsin the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation ofone form my invention may assume. Fig. 2 is a broken view, in sideelevation, showing the position of the pivot when the bottom is beingreversed; and Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation, showing the bottom inits reverse position ready for use. Figs. at, 5, and 6 are similar viewsshowing a modified construction in which the lockingpins pass under thetop rails of the supporting-frame instead of above them.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The bottom A of the seat, which may be made of wood or any othersuitable material and any desired length, according to the use to whichhis to be applied and to the number of people it is intended to seat, isprovided on each side with apin C. These pins engage curved slots 1) inthe top rails B of the supporting-frame B, which slots are lower at oneend than at the other for a purpose that will presently be made clear.Normally t. e., when the bottom is in position for usethe pivotal pins 0rest in the lower ends of the curved slots 19, as shown; but when it isdesired to reverse the bottom it is moved upwardly with respect to thetop rail of the supporting-frame until the pins 0 reach the other orhigher ends of the slots b. On each side of the bottom A, at aconvenient distance from the pivotal pins 0, is fixed a stud D, adaptedto engage one or other of two slots 1) and b arranged on either side ofthe slots 1). These slots b and b are open to the upper sides of the toprails B of the supportingframe, so that the studs D canbe completelydisengaged from them. The said slots are also so arranged with respectto the slots 1) that when the pivotal pins 0 lie in the lower ends ofthe slots 1) the locking-studs D lie in the closed ends of one or otherof the slots 1) b To reverse the bottom of the seat,it is pulled upwardin the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1 until the locking-pinsO reach the upper or higher ends of the slots b. When in this position,the bottom is turned on its pivots by pressing its forward and higherend downward in the direction of the arrow, as shown in Fig. 2, whichcauses the studs D to engage the slots 5 thereby forcing the pivotalpins 0 to the lower end of slots b.

As a modification the locking-studs D may be arranged to pass under thetop rails of the supporting-frame, as shown by Figs; 4, 5, and 6, inwhich case the slots 1) and b are replaced by slots b and 13 which areopen at their lower ends and closed at their upper ends, the said upperends being slightly curved, so as to afford a purchase for the studs D,and thus retain the seat in its horizontal positions in use.

Instead of making the bent slots b of a straight portion and a curvedportion, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, bent slots 6 may be used, whichare curved throughout their length, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

It will be obvious that the pivotal pins 0 may be formed on or fixed tothe top rails B of the supporting-frame B and that the slots 1) and bmay be made in the sides of the bottom A of the seat or in plates fixedthereto.

I do not claim the reversible seat broadly in this application, as thesame is described and claimed in a separate application, Serial No.739,951, filed on Decemberll, 1899.

What I claim is.-

The combination, with a frame having bent slots higher at one end thanat the other, and inclined locking-slots arranged one on each side ofthe said bent slots; of a reversible seat provided with pivots whichengage with the said bentslots, and locking-pins which engage with thesaid inclined slots according to the position of the seat, said seatbeing slidable laterally in the frame while being reversed,substantially as set forth.

JOHN HAMILTON HUNTER.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. Roonronn, R. H. HUNTER.

